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VOLUME XVIII
DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1910.
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF
ALL IMPORTANT ITEMS.
G ARE CONSECRATED
IMPOSING CATHOLIC CKHEMONY
IV ST. PAUL THURSDAY.
An Event of Grout Moment Never
Overshadowed lint Once in the His
tory of the, t'hui-cii in Modern
Times Voted Prelates Take Part.
Slgniflcnnt of the growth Df Cath
olicism in tho new world was the
splendid ceremony performed by
Archbishop Ireland in St. Paul, Minn.,
Thusrday, by which for the first time
since the church came to America six
bishops were consecrated simultane
ously. These bishops of St. Paul province
received their divine commissions nt
the hands of their own venerable met
ropolitan, assisted by two of his re
maining; bishops, in the chapel of St.
Paul's seminary almost precisely at
the spot where Father Louis Henne
pin, the first Christian missionary to
tho reglne of tho. future province,
landed on the bank of the Mississippi
"a league below the falls of St. An
thony" 230 years ago.
The bishops consecrated were
Rev. James O'Heilly, of Minneapo
lis, bishop of Fargo, N. D.
Rev. John J. .Lawler, cathedral of
St. Paul, auxiliary bishop of the arch
diocese of St. Paul.
Rev. Patrick R. Heffron, rector of
St. Paul's seminary, bishop of Winona,
Minn. .
Rev. Timothy Corbett, of Duluth.
bishop of Crookston, Minn.
Rev. Vincent Wehrle, of the Bene
dictine order and abbot of the mon
astery at Rlchardton, N. D., bishop of
Blsmark, N. D.
Rev. Joseph F. Busch, head of tho
missionary band in the archdiocese of
el. raui, uisnop ai oeaa, cs. u.
OYER $30,000 IS STOLEN.
Three Packages Taken from Oil City,
Pa.
Three packages of money contaln
v . Ing $32,024 were stolen from v the
Pennsylvania depot at Oil City, Pa.,
Thursday while John- J. Truby, the
station agent, was loading baggage on
to a Buffalo bound train. The money
was being shipped by the Adams -Express
company to Philadelphia.
The railroad detectives Investigat
ing the robbery are of the opinion
that the theft was tho work of one
man, who knew the money was in tno
i depot and knew just where it was lo
cated.
The Pennsylvania railroad pay ear
arrived in oil City late Wednesday
night and turned over to the day sta
tion agent three packages of money
wrapped in manila paper containing
$32,024, which -were receipted for in
the name of the Adams Kxpress com
pany. The money was consigned to
the treasurer's office of the Pennsyl
vania railroad In Philadelphia.
The packages proved to be too
bulky for storage In the small depot
safe and Night Agent Truby placed
them under a sack behind tho ticket
county, covering them carefully. There
was no one in the depot.
At 3:30 o'clock Thursday morning
the Buffalo bound Pennsylvania train
pulled into the station and Truby
stepped out on the platform, closing
the office door behind him. "The door
is self locking. While about 200 feet
from the depot office Truby saw by the
light of the station platform lamp that
the office was not closed. Hurrying
bnck he ran into his office and dis
covered the three packages of money
were missing. A hurried search of tho
train and vicinity of the station was
ade with no results.
Denver Signs New Plnyor.
In an effort to stop the losing strsak
Df the Denver Western league team
President McGlll has practically con
cluded negotiations whereby Socond
Baseman Cranston, of the Kansas City
American association team, will go to
Denver, lie will replace Thompson
at second base.
Judge Jenkins Coiifii-mcil.
The senate Thursday confirmed the
nomination of former Congressman
John J. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, to be
United States district judge of the dis
trlct of Porto Rico.
Five Dead in an Explosion.
Five men were killed Thursday by
n explosion in the Hamilton powder
works, four miles from Nanaimo,
li. C.
Sioux City Live Stoek Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $7. BO. Top hogs, $9.45.
Pitcher lllggins Returned.
Pitcher lllgglns, who was recently
.'eleased to the Denver Western league
club by the St. Louis Nationals, has
been returned to the latter club bo
cause of a. hitch in the conditions of
release.
Xuval Commodore Dead.
John Augustine Nkols, 51 years old,
commodore in the United States navy
and a native of Boston, died at Rich
mond, Va., Thursday morning.
coMirrs viit ovr.n.
Olil Mother Earth EenpoH Without n.
Sera toll.
The comet came, the comet went,
and this old world is no worse nnd no
better, and thus far, very 1'tlle wiser.
There was no collision, as the super
stitious and the Ignorant feared, and
now that the comet Is headed away
from us, there will be no recurrence
of the manifestations of terror that
were recorded from all parts of' the
country nnd of the world. The earth
did pass through the tall of the comet.
but nobody suffocated from deadly
cyanogen gns.
To the naked eye tho comet was the
"veriest approach to nothing set in
the midst of naught." In fact the
phenomena of the daylight hours of
Wednesday were far more Interesting.
During tho afternoon sun spots were
observed In varying number about
the same hour from five western ob
servatories, but the astronomers who
recorded them were almost unanimous
n the belief that the disturbances of
tho solar atmosphere had nothing to
do with the approach of the comet
and were merely coincidental.
Thirty sun spots were seen from
St. Louis, of which the largest was
estimated to be 150,000 miles across;
two from San Jose, Cal., with thirteen
surrounding pores, or smaller spots;
three "considerably accentuated
spots" froi:i Chicago, three connected
spots from Vallejo, Cal., and two from
Portland, i re. None of the eastern
observatories had anything of note to
report, either during the day or night.
At Chicago and at AVilllams Bay,
Wis., where is the great Yerkes tele
Bcope, the conditions for observation
seemed the best, nnd the astronomers
there seemed to bellve that the nega
tive as well as the positive results of
their examinations would be of last
ing value.
Whllehe performance took little
more than five hours, astronomers dif
fered as to the exact time the earth
began to pass through the comet's
tall, but the general opinion averages
between 10 and 11 o'clock Wednesdny
night. The speed of the earth and the
tail of the comet was estimated at
slightly more than forty-six miles a
second, and the breadth of the tail
at about 1,000,000 miles.
VICTIM OF FEUD.
Man Who is Shot Refuses to Toll Who
Fired Bullets.
The 'Gopher gang," a west side or
ganization in New York, succeeded In
'getting" George J. Gallagher, known
otherwise as -"Newburgh . George,"
Tuesday, the police believe. Galla-
gehr, known as a member of the gang,
was taken in a dying condition to the
New York hospital with two bullet
wounds In his stomach. Although he
was conscious, he refused to say who
shot him, but the police declare their
belief that the shooting was an out
come of we of the numerous feuds
in gang circles which frequently de
velop deadly assaults nnd murders.
Following recent robberies In the
ranks of the "Gophers," Gallagher wis
shot nt four times about a month ago
on Tenth avenue.
TRAIN STRIKES A COW.
One Fatally and Throe Seriously
Hurt In u Wabash Wreck.
Wabash fast passenger train No. 12,
eastbound, drawn by two engines,
struck a cow on a curve five miles
west of DeWltt, Mo., at 4 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, and in the wreck
that followed one man was fatally in
jured and three more seriously hurt.
A score of passengers Buffered slight
injuries.
Engineer Thomas Davis was so bad
ly scalded that he will die. Engineer
Chas. Greecy nnd Fireman George
Blaine and G. W. Penick sustained
dangerous injuries.
METHODIST BISHOPS CHOSEN.
Imnortunt Action Taken by tho Gen
eral Conference.
Rev. W. B. Lnmbuth, of Tennessee,
and Rev. E. D. Monzon nnd Rev. S. G.
vVaterhouse, of Virginia, were elected
bishops on the fourth ballot at the
general conference of tho Methodist
Episcopal church south, according to
the announcement made shortly after
the opening of the conference at
Asheville, N. C, Tuesday. On tho
sixth ballot Rev. J. II. McCoy, of Bir
mingham, Ala., was elected as the Bev
enth bishop, filling the college of the
bishops.
RIOT IN VALENCIA SPAIN.
Ono Person Killed and Many Hurt In
Clash with Troops.
A collision between republicans and
gendarmes is reported from Valencia,
Spain, in connection with a manifes
tation in honor of the arrival there of
the republican deputy, Senor Serar
iano. Th gendarmes charged and the
republicans used knives and stones.
An officer was stabbed and killed and
many persons were wounded. Fifty
arrests were made and order was final
ly restored after manlfestants had
sought refuge at the Republican club
Attorney Hold an Embezzler.
G. A. Phillips, nn attorney of South
Bend, Ind., has been arrested on tho
charge of embezzlement. It is alleged
that he collected $500 and failed to
turn the money over to his client.
Stool Strike Settle!.
The strike nt the Bethlehem, pa.,
steel works which had been in pro
gress since February 4, was officially
declared off Wednesday.
BODIES TORN TO BITS.
Thirteen Workmen Killed In Town of
Canton, O.
Quick death to thirteen, serious In
ury to thirl;- more employes of the
lant and damage to the buildings
amounting to many thousands of dol-
ars these are the results of the ex-
loslon of a battery of seven boilers
Tuesday afternoon nt the American
Sheet nnd Tin Plate company's plant
at Canton, O.
Among the injured are many who
cannot recover.
The force of the explosion wn ter
rific. The big plant Is in such a state
of ruin ns to be practically a total
oss. A meer eggshell of the build
ng Is left.
Identification of the men was diffi
cult, ns many of them were mutilated.
Heads were blown from several bod
es. Arms and legs were torn from
the trunks, bits of the bodies were
blown for blocks nnd pitched upon
porches and roofs of houses and in
trees.
There were 100 men nt work in
the plant at the time of the accident.
But a dozen or so escaped some In-
Jury. These nnd ethers who rushed
to the plant 'as soon ns the disaster
was known worked heroically to res
cue the Injured from the ruins, which
soon took fire, but the lire department
extinguished the flames. Members
of the bereaved families rushed fran
tically to tho phint and thence to hos
pitals and residences near the ruined
shops in an effort to find a trace of
their loved ones.
The body of oneTnnn, unknown, was
blown through a house 700 feet from
the plant. Tho body entered the
house from the east side and contin
ued in a straight line through a bed
room and out the west side. The tor
so of another man was found in a
garden 500 feet a way.
WOMAN SLAYER IS CAPTURE!!
Widow Alleges She Shot Husband to
Keep Him From Beating Her.
Mrs. J. A. Sunderland, who is ac
cused by the police of Chippewa Falls,
Wis., of having murdered her husband
and who disappeared immediately af
ter the shooting Saturday night, was
found Tuesday about a mile and a
half north of the city. She had been
wandering in the woods since early
Sunday morning.
The woman has not made a state
ment to the officers, but told her sis
ter she shot her husband during a
quarrel. , .
According to Jthe woman's story
Sunderland beat her about the head,
giving' her a blacV eye. The shoot
ing occurred, after a second attempt
by Sunderland to whip his wife.
BODY CRUSHED TO A PULP.
Chicago Business Man Jumps from
Thirteenth Story Window.
John A. Ryerson, a prominent Chi
cago business man, Jumped from the
thirteenth floor of the Chamber of
Commerce building Monday night and
was instantly killed, his body being
mashed Into nn unrecognizable pulp.
Relatives believe the suicide was
caused by supposedly financial diffi
culties. His wife, who formerly was
Miss Violet Stone, daughter of Rev
Jas. Stone, rector of St. James Epis
copal ehrrch, Is prostrated nnd fears
for her life are expressed by her fam
ily.
Mr. Ryerson had attained consider
able fame in American tennis circles.
lie was western champion in 1890'
1892.
CHARLES I. SUFFOCATED.
Famous Educated Chimpanzee Found
Dead In Railway Car.
Charles I., the famous educated
chimpanzee, valued at $65,000, which
has been exhlb'ted all over the world,
was suffocated In a car Monday rght
while en route from Seattlo to Den
ver. The animal was found dead when
the car was opened in the morning,
the heat from steam radiator hav
ing proved too much for it.
Charles I. smoked cigarettes nnd
signed his own nnme.
DIE OF SUFFOCATION.
Bodies of Two Children are Found
Ijockcd In a Tool ltox.
Locked in a tool box in tho wood
shed at their home in South Boise,
Idaho, the bodies of Agnes and Wil
lie Schler, children of Harry Schier,
were discovered after a search that
lasted all night.
It is presumed that the children
while at play in the large tool box
drew down the lid which was self,
locking.
Fires a Fatal Shot.
Wallace A. Bussell, of Seattle,
Wash., 23 years old, walked into the
Monte Carlo saloon and gambling
house and fatally shot the proprietor.
Joseph Bonne;
Feared Comet; Suicided.
Worry over the reports that Hi
ley's comet would set tire to the woi
is given as the cause for the sulci
of Wade Cowan of Decatur, Ala.
lal-
rld
ld
Seek Missing Heir to $250,000.
A senrch is being made at Evans
ville, Ind., for Georce F. Klmberly, or
George II. Brown, who disappeared
from his home at Auburn, Neb., twen
ty years ago. A relative recently died
leaving Brown $2.0,000.
Reform School I'cvcr 1'atal.
The first death due to typhoid fever
at the Indiana iioyV Reform hooKut
l'lalnllcld, Ind., occurred Tuesday, the
victim being Fred ilycnfritz
News of Ihc
Week
State
TRIED TO DROWN EMPLOYER.
Serious Charge is Made Agniit u Citi
zen of Pierce.
Oscar Rlsh. an employe in the pool
hall of Nick Coury, nt Pierce. Is Recus
ed of making n strenuous attempt to
drown Coury In the river below the
mill dam. The two men had been fish
ing dur'ng the afternoon ami as the
evening on me on Courey deckled to go
home. lie noticed that RUh had been
keeping behind him, and a lie rose,
he alleges, Rlsh seized him nnd threw
him over a steep bank Into tho deep
and swift stream below. Ax he came
to the surface he saw Rish on the
edge of the bank with one of the fish
pedes, but not to rescue li'm, as he at
first thought, lie says I'.lsh prodded
nnd pounded him over the head with
tho pole In nn effort to keep him un
der water. Evidently thinking ho
had accomplished his purpose, Rish
went away and Coury, though nearly
nil In, managed to get to shore by
the nld of the pole and fishllno that
Rlsh had used to push his head under
water. The line hnd become entangled
In the brush on the edge of tho bank
and the half strangled man caught the
polo and drew himself to shore. No
reason Is known for the attack. Coury
and Rish are Syrians and Rlsh has
worked for Coury in the pool hall for
several months. He is of a moody dis
position, but was never considered
dangerous. Monday afternoon Rish
pulled a gun while at the pool hall and
shot himself through the fleshy part of
the l(fft leg between the knee and hip.
It is not known whether the act was
accident or an attempt to commit sui
cide. The gun, a 32-callber, was tak
en from him by Chief of Police Geo.
Goff, though he begged to keep IJ, as
he said he needed it to protect him
self. His wound will keep him in bed
for some time.
APPROVES CONSOLIDATION.
Auditor ltnrton Favors Union of Two
Lodges.
State Auditor Barton has approved
the plan of consolidation of the High
land Nobles of Waterloo, la., and tho
American Order of Prelection of Lln
coin. Before the consolidation may
be effected It is necessary that two
thirds of the membership In both
lodges vote in the affirmative. The
first protest that has yet arisen has
come from Cheyenne, Wyo., where a
member of the latter company entered
a protest and insisted that if the order
would change its headquarters to
Cheyenne there would be little trouble
about enlarging its membership and
securing enough interested men to
boom tho order. '
It is proposed to name the consoli
dated orders the American Nobles.
The present laws governing the two
orders are to be amended to provide
for tho election of a board of supreme
trustees, or not less than live nor
more than seven members; and add
ing to the officers supreme physician
for territory west of tho Missouri riv
er, und supreme organizer. These
two officers and two of the trustees'
nre to be elected from among the
membership of the American Order of
Protection, recommended by its ud
vlsory board.
GRAND ARM V MEN.
Twelve Hundred People at Fulrbury
for State Veterans' Session.
The first day of the "encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic at
Fairbury was ushered in at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning by a bugle call from
the dome of the court house. About
1,200 delegates had already arrived
and the various committees have been
busy all day taking care of their
guests.
Martial music was furnished all
during the day by the National Asso
ciation of Civil War Veterans. Three
concerts were given by the Hebron
military band and other bands and
drum corps kept things lively all day.
The city was beautifully decorated
In our national colors, every business
house was covered with bunting and
flags, and a majority of the residences
displayed the stars and stripes.
S. Tlrelle, an Italian latiorer in the
employe of the Burlington, who was
shot, probably fatally, by the accident
al discharge of a shotgun while hunt
ing near Edgar, Is In a hospital In
Beatrice with part of his skull blown
away nnd little hope of his recovery.
Insane Man Wander Away.
John J ley brock, adjudged Insane,
escaped at Stanton and wandered
away. No trace of him has been
found. It Is feared he may commit
sulc Ide.
Knikemnn Man Took Crushed.
X. V. Barge, a brakeinan on the
Milwaukee railroad, had three of his
toes smashed while working with a
switching crew In the Crofton yards.
It Is not thought that the toes will
have to come off.
3. C. White N Airoctod.
A mnn giving the name of J. C.
W'hlte was arrested at Beatrice charg
ed with short-t -hanging a number of
mere-hunts in that town.
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News
WIFE MAKES CP DIFFERENCE.
Mrs. Rosn Wilcox, of Cairo. Will Re
turn and F.Mra Man Will Leave.
Sheriff Jamis lmnkel returned to
Grand Island last week from Denver
with Mrs. Rosa Wilcox and Fur. I Jos-
sou, both of C iito, la ids custody. They
were nccompaided by Mr. Wilcox, hus
band of the woman.
Wilcox Is a i :( iniiieiit nnd wealthy
farmer, Jei .cn is a cattle buyer nnd
baa had ninny bi;.i;cs dealings with
Wilcox, often being at his home. It
appears that Jokh.ii alienated the af
fections cf Mrs. Wilcox, who has five
children, th- oldest almost of age, nnd
that shortly alter his departure from
Cairo, after a wrangle with a member
of the Wilcox household, Mrs. Wilcox
nme to Grand Island, ostensibly on
a shopping trip, and then disappeared.
The couple was traced to Denver
und tho husband und the sheriff fol
lowed. Denver detectives located
them nt a rooming house, it is said,
nnd th? couple was promptly arrest
ed. Jcpscn is 29 years of age and Mrs.
Wilcox is several years his senior.
A ' reconciliation has been effected
nnd Jessen will not bo prosecuted pro
vided he keeps his promise to leave
the country and pays the costs. It was
finally arranged ' that Mr. - Wilcox
should set up nn establishment in
Grand Island nnd Jessen should lenv
C. II. WILSON UNDER ARREST.
Board of Health Files Complaint nt
Broken liow.
Rome excitement was caused nt
Broken Bow when C. H. Wilson, a
chiropractic ndjuster, who has been
conducting operations there for some
time past, was arrested on a com
plaint Issued from the county attor
ney's office, charging him with illegal
practice of medicine. Wilson went to
Broken Bow several months ago and
immediately commenced doing a land
office business, some days handling as
high as 80 to 100 cases, lie has a big
following, and as a great number, of
people claim .to have been benefited
or cured of their ailments through
him, more or less Indignation has
been expressod over the -arrest -Mr.
Wilson emphatically denies that he
practices medicine, nor docs ho lay
claim t6 being u healer. - He calls him
self an adjuster of the chropractlo
school and says ho writes no profes
sional, prescriptions.
CHILD BITTEN I1V RATTLER.
Prompt Action by the Father Stives
Girl's Life.
Mr. and Mrs. I,. L. Bright, farmers
who live In the neighborhood of John
son, took their 3-year-old daughter,
Vera, to the field with them while
they worked. The child wandered
away from the parents a considerable
distance and was bitten on the leg
by a rattlesnake. When the snake bit
her she screamed for her mother, and
upon the purent reaching the child
the little one said a "long mouse" had
bitten her. Tho imprints of the snake's
fangs were pronounced. The father
ran to tho house with tho child, tuok
his razor and made incisions in the
wound and sucked tho poison from
tho same. In the meantlmo the moth
er had telephoned for tho doctor, who,
upon arriving, found his work re
duced to the minimum owing to the
prompt action of the thoughtful fath
er. NOW HAVE TWELVE SALOONS.
Possibility of Throe More for XobniB
ka City.
At a special meeting of the city
council of Nebraska City, held on
Thursday evening, a saloon license
was granted to J. V. Shackelton, of
Beatrice, who has opened a saloon In
tho room adjoining the Watson hotel.
This makes the twelfth snloon license
granted. C. W. Schneider, who ap
plied for u license and against whom
a remonstrance had been filed, has
withdrawn his money nnd petition.
Remonstrances were filed against four
applicants and the council refused to
grant one, after having a hearing, and
the other threo withdrew their money
and bond. Three others have given
notice they are going to apply nnd if
they nre granted licenses it will give
Nebraska City fifteen saloons for the
coming year.
Children Make Complaint.
James Catlln, a resident of Beat
rice, was lined $25 and costs in police
court recently. Catlln was charged
with being drunk and disorderly con
duct, lie was taken in charge by
the night officer upon tho complaint
of his children, who stated that Cat
lln was beating bis wife.
Overrule! the Remonstrance.
The village board of Barneton over
ruled the remonstrance of Charles
Chorda against tho applications of R
II. Thomas und John Wolkcn und
grunted saloon licenses to the two
men.
Eighteen young people will gradu
ate from tlio Teeuiiiseh hMi school
this year, the graduating ex. relses to
be held at the Smith theater on Thurs
J day evening. May 26.
BLAZING 1QDS PERIL
HRSS AND VILLAGES
Qrand Marais, Minn., Reported hi
Wireless to Be Doomed
by Flames.
WIHD SHUT AIDS ALSTON, MICH.
Farmers In Wisconsin and Michigan
Battle Blazes to Save Their
Homes.
A wireless message from Grand Ma
rais, Minn., received at Duluth, said
that forest fires were bearing down on
tho village ond that it seemed doamed.
Tlio operator said It was his last mes
sage, as the fire was getting so close
that ho would have to abandon his
tower nnd Beck safety. (Jrand Marais
is on tho north shoro of Lake Superior
and is an old trading post. So far as
Is known, no lives have been lost. Wild
animals are being' driven to tho lak
shoro by tho fires. Reports received In
dicate that tho cntiro northeastern part
of Minnesota is smoldering, that hun
dreds of men are out fighting tho Area,
and that many villages are threatened
with destruction.
A desperate battle is being waged
by f aimers and miners against forest
fires In four different districts within
a fifty mile radius ot Houghton, Mich.
They are trying to save a number ot
small settlements from destruction by
the fast spreading flaaies.
The woods are dry and a brisk wind
Is carrying the fire from tree to tree
with alarming rapidity. A change in
the direction of the wind saved the
town of Alston, which had been threat
ened. At L'Anse village several hun
dred residents quit labor and business
and by means of trenches and back
fires worked to arrest the progress of
the fire toward the town. The Baraga
County luflrmatory, a few miles from
L'Anse, was threatened by the fire, and
only valiant fire fighting saved the
place from destruction. The Inmates
were taken to private residences. Fires
are raging in Ontonagon and Kewee
naw Counties, and also near AUouez,
Ahmeek, and Gay. The loss of ties,
poles, and other cut timber Is great,
while much standing timber is fir
swept. Fires are reported between
Laurtum and Torch Lake.
The entire country to the west of
Waaburn, Wis., is being swept by for
est fires and damage running up into
thousands of dollars Is reported from
the Btrlcken district. The great blue
berry fields west of that city have been
destroyed. Hundreds of miles of coun
try is fire swept. The smoke is so
thick that the view of the sun has
been shut out for days. Forest fires
have leveled the'south half of the town
of Moslneo, Marathon County. Jut
before wire communication was cut oft
word came that a number ot buildings
had boon destroyed, including ten resi
dences, four stores, two saloons, post
office and a sawmill. -
RAIL BILL PASSED BY HOUSE.
Irafflo Agreement and Buying of
Noncompcting- Lines Killed.
The emasculated administration rail
road bill went through the House the
other day according to schedule. It
was passed exactly as It came from
committee of the whole, the final vote,
200 to 126, with every Republican Tot
ing aye on tho main question.
Previous to the roll call on passage
a motion to recommit the bill, made
by Representative Adamson, of Geor
gia, with instructions to strike out the
section providing for a commerce
court, was defeated by a vote ot 137
to 176. And before that a motion by
Mr. Mann, chairman of the committee
on Interstate and foreign commerce, to
replace tho eliminated merger section
with one permitting acquisition of
lines "not substantially competitive"
upon authorization of the Interstate
commerce commission, was rejected by
a vote of 1G0 to 169.
Not only did every Republican place
himself on the side of the measure
either by his vote or by being paired
In its favor, but fourteen Democrats
Joined the majority to make the total
vote In favor of tbe measure 200 to
126.
EDWARD B. OAERI0TT IS DEAD.
Head Forecaster of Washington Suo
eumbs to Sudden Illness.
Edward I). Garrlott, chief forecaster
of the United States weather bureau,
died suddenly at his home In Wash
ington, D. C, of acute Indigestion, at
the age of 57. Professor Garrlott had
been at his office the same day, appar
ently in the best of health.
For more than thirty years, or prac
tically since the establishment of the
weather bureau, he has been connect
ed with government weather work,
and for tho pust fifteen years has beon
supervising forecaster. He was a
writer and lecturer on meteorological
subjects and was a member of the Na
tional Geographic Society, the Ameri
can Association for tho Advancement
of iclenco and tho Academy of
Sciences.
Professor Garrlott had the full con
fidence of his chief and his quiet and
cordial manner made him exceedingly
popular. Ho was born in Locklund,
Ohio, and wus graduated from Wash
ington University In 1S70 He Is sur
vived by his wife and an unmarried
daughter.
5
The Week ' . ;
m Congress
In a personal explanation to the
Senate Wednesday Senator Piles of
Washington dlsivowed any responsi
bility for the appointment of Richard
A. Bnlllnger ns commissioner of the
general land office or later as Secre
tary of the Interior. This action re
sulted from Intimations in the 11.il-llnger-rinchot
Investigation that Mr.
Piles had influenced tlio appointment
in the interest of the Cunningham
coal claimants. Senator Simmons of
North Carolina spoke In favor of the
Dixon long nnd short haul clause,
after which the railroad bill was laid
aside. The theory that tho President
may withdraw from entry the public
lands without authority of Congress
was combated ty Senator Ursrah in an
extended nrgument. In tbe House the
entire session was taken up by the
consideration of bills affecting Indian
lands. .
Tho Senate Thursday reached nn
agreement to begin voting at 4 o'clock
Friday on the long and short haul
amendments to the railroad bill, nnd
to meet daily at 11 o'clock, beginning
Monday.- The voting agreement for
FrldRy provides that all amendments
relating to the long nnd short haul
shall be disposed of before the end of .
the legislative day, but the under
standing .does not preclude tho taking
of a recess from one day to nnotlior
in case the amendments should re
quire more time thnn can be given
them Friday. All of the speeches
were In support of the Dixon long and
short haul amendment. They were
made by Senators Clapp, Smoot and
Nixon. The Senate passed the House
omnibus lighthouse bill, which, after
receiving the consideration of a con
ference committee, will go to the Pres
ident for his signature. In the House
Representative Payne of New York de
livered an extended defense of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill, arguing that
the recent advance In the cost of liv
ing was not due to that legislation.
Representative Cox of Ohio spoke, de
nouncing conditions In national- mili
tary homes.
The modified long and Bhort haul
amendment introduced by Senator Dix
on as a substitute for the Heyburn
amendment to the railroad bill was
adopted by the Senate Friday after It
had been perfected by Incorporating
In It a portion of the Payuter amend
ment, favored by the Democrats, The
vote on the substitute was 58 yeas, 10
nays. The House discussed the sun
dry civil bill.
The feature of the consideration
of the administration railroad bill In
the Senate Monday was the vote taken
on an amendment by Senator Cummins
to strike out the sections of the bill to
provide for tho establishment of a
commerce court. This was defeated
by a vote of 28 to 37. The affirmative
vote was cast chiefly by Democrats and
"Insurgent" Republicans. A number or
other amendments were ottered to tho
sections, but all of- them were defeat
ed. Notice of other a.mendments was
given. This being unanimous consent
and suspension day In the House, n
large number of bills were passed.
Among the more Important measures
passed was a Senate bill providing for
a system of parole for United States
prisoners sentenced for more than one
year and who have served at least one
third of their terms. A resolution," In
troduced by Mr. Henry of Texas, to
change the date of Inauguration of the
President from March 4 until the last
Thursday in April was defeated. Only
one vote was lacking of the two-thirds
of tho House necessary to provide for
the submission of a constitutional
amendment for that purpose to the
several States of the Union.
The provision of the railroad bill for
an extra allowance of $3,000 a year to
members of the proposed court ot com
merce over the allowances of Circuit
Court Judges was stricken out by the
Senate Tuesday. The greater part of
the session was devoted to a dlscussloti
of the Cunvnlns amendment making
the Interstate commerce commission
the defendant in all cases In the courts
growing out of orders of that commis
sion, but no action was taken. Gener
al debate on the sundry civil bill in
the House gave an opportunity for
several speeches. Mr. Campbell of
Kansas denounced Democratic tariff
revision which, ho said, was shown by
experiences of the country to be disas
trous. Mr. Underwood, ot Alabama
criticised the President and tho Re
publican majority of the House for
failure to give publicity to facts gath
ered In connection with the corpora
tion tax. Mr. Keifer of Ohio advocate!
his plan for an International agree
ment for preserving neutrality of the
Panama Canal. Mr. Barnhart of In
diana denounced .machine politics in
general and the Republican party In
particular. Mr. Slsson spoke In favor
of legislation abolishing gambling in
cotton futures.
FROM FAB AND NEAR.
Four thousand fivo hundred employ?
of the Pressed Steel Cur Company have
gone on strike tit MeKees Rocks, Pa.
It is eBtlmuted that the last corn
crop would require SO, 000 trains of
thirty cars each to transport all of it.
Benton McMillin, former Governor
of Tennessee, announced at NushvUlj
his candidacy for tho United Kutos
Senate, subject to the Democratic pri
mary June 4, to succeed James B,. Fri
icier.